BasilZero said:
Err, you are wrong. Portability is important for me specifically because I play games during my lunch break every day I work. I alternate between the PSP, DS and 3DS currently. I get equal play time on all my platforms (via alternating once I finish playing games).
And the problem with your logic is that you assume everyone's needs are the same as yours. If someone can only game say 6 hours a week when tied to a TV, or 15 hours a week when utilizing the Switch, it would make perfect sense that they would choose the Switch version of those games. There are just as many people who fit this category as there are those who fit yours, and to ignore that puts a huge hole in your entire argument. I am not saying Switch as a primary is best for everyone, just that there are just as many people out there in the mainstream that it is. As an example, I just played Wolfenstein 2 on Switch and loved it. Not because I waited for the game to come out on Switch just to do it, but for the simple fact that without the portability I would have never been able to make time for it, as is the case for most multiplat games on Switch when it comes to a schedual similar to mine.
a) dont realize what a Switch is
Well thats the entire point, many people have many different situations. For some, Switch is best, for others not so much. Not sure what you are getting at here.
Again, thats the point. You buy a system to play games so if you do not have the time to play them all without portability, what is the point? I am not saying that those games are not worth playing, I am saying that the Switch has many other 3rd party games that are. At no point will someone with a Switch as primary not have a game to play. This is why I own Red Dead 2 but have yet to start it, no time. But I did finish Starlink, Wolfenstein 2, and put a good chunk of time into Warframe. I will play RDR2 when I have time, but I have the Switch as my primary to cover me until that time comes. Blaming one game of a franchise while ignoring the other games in the franchise while abandoning any hope of said IPs in the future is a bit silly. I mean surely you who play Nintendo games mostly can agree , that not even Nintendo makes a perfect game - especially if you go by last gen's greatest creations in the last two years (i.e. that Amiibo festival game, Star Fox Zero, etc).
You are missing the point, which is that just because a game belongs to a specific IP or it has heavy marketing, that does not make it a must play when there are other game, as good or better, to play on.
"Not being able to play the PS4 in my alotted time" - sounds more like a personal problem than a reason for argument to play one console over another. If as a gamer your main intention is to play games, than setting a time to play said games should be priority, you dont need to play games for hours and hours a day. For an example, I play 1 hour of a portable game (PSP, DS, 3DS) during my lunch break at work and I spent about 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 min in the evening right before going to sleep - plentiful amount of time to play and beat games - you arent required to play games every day either, its all about time management and it can be easily done. I work so many hours and still spend time with my family yet I'm still able to finish 48 games so far in 2018. The problem here is you are living ina bubble, and anyone who has different needs than you are wrong or has a personal problem. If putting my career, kids, and wife ahead of making sure I can game on my PS4 as much as I can on my Switch is a personal problem to you, perhaps I am not the one with my priorities mixed up.
Library sAize is key to buying a platform, you buy a platform that has the potential to have the biggest selection of what you want, as a gamer I want as many games and am interested in playing them, I dont limit myself to a few specifically inferior versions of games that are better elsewhere.
The thing is, the Switch has a nice library size, so many of us choose it as primary because it allows us to have the time to experience that library as much as possible. Not everyone lives in your bubble.
Except there arent equally good number of games. Nintendo's first party lineup is great but when that and its low number of third party support pales in comparison to Playstation's first and third party output combined specifically the third party output. Hell even the Xbox can be easily compared to the Switch, the main issue with the Xbox is its first party support while it gets decent third party - while on the other hand Switch's main positive is its first party output but its third party output is the weakest out of the three. You keep saying you dont have time and that it doesnt matter what other consoles offer, but that sounds like your own personal problem and you are using that as an argument against the PS4, XBO and PC lol. Stop using a excuse as an argument. Ya you are right that varies from person to person - you and your 10 people's situation do not equal the situation of the rest of the game industry's market.
So what proof do you have that a good chunk of the mainstream does not fit into this category? And to clarify, I am not using anything against X1 or PC, simply saying there are just as many people in the mainstream that would benefit from having Switch as primary as those who do not. You are trying to say that we are the minority, when HW sales in even a slow year prove otherwise. Hell some 3rd party games outsell the X1 version on Switch, so someone else must be benefiting from them.
(Nice thread btw - wish there were more engaging threads like this on this site lol)
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